增支部第 7 集（Sujato 英译）第 44 阅读页 · AN7.44 · Planes of Consciousness

Numbered Discourses 7.44Numbered Discourses 7.445. A Great Sacrifice5. A Great Sacrifice

Planes of ConsciousnessPlanes of Consciousness“Mendicants, there are these seven planes of consciousness.“Mendicants, there are these seven planes of consciousness.What seven?What seven?

There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and diverse in perception, such as human beings, some gods, and some beings in the underworld.There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and diverse in perception, such as human beings, some gods, and some beings in the underworld.This is the first plane of consciousness.This is the first plane of consciousness.There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and unified in perception, such as the gods reborn in the Divinity’s host through the first absorption.There are sentient beings that are diverse in body and unified in perception, such as the gods reborn in the Divinity’s host through the first absorption.

This is the second plane of consciousness.This is the second plane of consciousness.There are sentient beings that are unified in body and diverse in perception, such as the gods of sublime luminosity.There are sentient beings that are unified in body and diverse in perception, such as the gods of sublime luminosity.This is the third plane of consciousness.This is the third plane of consciousness.

There are sentient beings that are unified in body and unified in perception, such as the gods of universal beauty.There are sentient beings that are unified in body and unified in perception, such as the gods of universal beauty.This is the fourth plane of consciousness.This is the fourth plane of consciousness.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond perceptions of form. With the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite space.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond perceptions of form. With the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite space.

This is the fifth plane of consciousness.This is the fifth plane of consciousness.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite space. Aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite consciousness.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite space. Aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, they have been reborn in the dimension of infinite consciousness.This is the sixth plane of consciousness.This is the sixth plane of consciousness.

There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness. Aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they have been reborn in the dimension of nothingness.There are sentient beings that have gone totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness. Aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they have been reborn in the dimension of nothingness.This is the seventh plane of consciousness.This is the seventh plane of consciousness.These are the seven planes of consciousness.”These are the seven planes of consciousness.”